The Game Changer bass is available with twin humbucker pickups and technology that puts millions of tonal variations at a player's disposal

The Game Changer system from Music Man is said to put over eight and a half million different tonal possibilities at a player's disposal through more than 250,000 pickup combinations on a single instrument

Pickup combinations and tone configurations can be assigned to the instrument from a computer via USB or downloaded to the software for storage or onward sharing

The bass also features a couple of EQ controls to dial in even more tonal control

The Game Changer symbol appears on the rear of the instrument

Rather than be stuck with a manufacturer deciding on default, catch-all tones for the five positions of a 5-way pickup switch, the new Game Changer system allows players to assign their own

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After you've spent a considerable time learning to play guitar or bass, you're then likely to want to find an individual tone. For most of us, this involves the never-ending search for an instrument that fits our personality, or taking what we can afford and switching out the pickups or, if you're brave, more advanced rewiring. With the aptly-named Game Changer from Ernie Ball's Music Man wing, you can hang up the soldering iron for good and still get access to millions of tonal variations in one guitar or bass.